Symptom
In the GSTR1 report, credit note transactions are displayed as positive values instead of negative amounts for the corresponding accounting documents.
Environment
SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition
Reproducing the Issue
1. Create a customer credit memo (document type DG).
2. Verify the accounting document postings:
- Customer line item is posted as CREDIT.
- Revenue and tax lines are posted as DEBIT.
3. Open the app Run Statutory Reports app.
4.Execute the GSTR1 report for the relevant period.
5.The credit note appears with a wrong value.
Cause
Accounting documents are posted without a valid invoice reference number, which is a mandatory field for proper data identification
Resolution
- Ensure that all accounting documents are posted with a valid invoice reference number.
- Verify that the invoice reference number is correctly maintained at the time of posting.
- Review existing documents and update missing or incorrect reference numbers.
Keywords
GSTR-1, credit memo, positive instead of negative, debit/credit indicator, Run Statutory Reports, GST India, FI-LOC-FI-IN-GST, statutory report, document type , KBA , FI-LOC-FI-IN-GST , Goods and Services Tax , Problem
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